New expectations of Wushu Sanshou of Nghe An

(Baonghean) - Besides the veteran faces, young athletes are also making constant efforts to gradually assert their position. Phan Van Nghia - a 16-year-old male Wushu Sanshou player, is one of the typical names of the province's sports, as he has continuously won many Gold Medals at national youth competitions.

Athlete Phan Van Nghia.

Phan Van Nghia was born in Hung Thang commune, Hung Nguyen district. Nghia is considered a "family name" because his father was a mass athlete, often participating in district and provincial sports competitions. Realizing that his son was agile and liked martial arts, Mr. Phan Van Tinh took Nghia to meet Mr. Nguyen Van Hue, coach of the Sports Training Center, to ask for him to try his hand at martial arts. After the tests, Nghia was recruited to the Provincial Sports Center, Wushu department.

After a short period of training, under the guidance of the coaches in the department, Nghia has revealed special professional qualities such as: the ability to grasp techniques quickly, good strength, courage and intelligence in competition. In early 2011, Nghia officially joined the provincial team. Since then, in addition to performing specialized technical exercises and rigorous physical exercises, he has been continuously sent to compete to have the opportunity to rub shoulders, accumulate experience, and practice his competitive spirit. In 2012, in his first appearance at the National Youth Wushu Championship held at Phu Tho Stadium (Ho Chi Minh City), Nghia caused a big surprise when he eliminated a series of young athletes from strong Wushu centers such as Ho Chi Minh City, the Army, Da Nang... to reach the finals and he only stopped before a young athlete from Hanoi.

In particular, at the 2014 national youth tournament held in Lao Cai province, Nghia surpassed his opponents and went straight to the finals. The host athlete from Lao Cai asked not to compete because he knew he could not win. Nghia was recognized by the tournament's Organizing Committee as winning the Gold Medal without having to compete, bringing glory to the province's sports. With those achievements, Nghia was chosen by the coaching staff as the representative of the province in the wushu team to compete at the 7th National Sports Festival in 2014 held in Nam Dinh.

Nghia confided: “Because I did not want to let down my father and teacher's trust, I tried my best to practice and learn about the techniques of fighting. For me, in addition to my own hard work, I am always grateful for the dedicated guidance and teaching of the teachers to help me become more and more mature.”

Talking about the martial art that he loves to pursue, Nghia shared: Sanshou is a combat competition, with a system of techniques including punching, kicking, wrestling, hand-to-hand combat, and wrestling. Sanshou is used in sports competitions today, although it is called a martial art sport, but with its unique techniques and training methods, this martial art has always proven to be extremely effective in free combat and real combat. According to Nghia, with his experience, to be successful on the arena, one must be persistent and determined in practice. Regarding Wushu, one needs to quickly grasp the techniques of striking and skillfully performing a variety of strikes in competition. When participating in competitions, in addition to the technical factor, one should practice exercises to stay healthy and flexible.

Wushu coach Nguyen Van Hue (Provincial Sports Training and Competition Center) said: Compared to his teammates, Nghia is an outstanding athlete in terms of physique. Besides, Nghia is very diligent in training and willing to learn and accumulate experience from his predecessors, especially the coaches who have achieved high results in the Center, so he is increasingly improving and becoming a promising name in the provincial Wushu team. He has the ability to go further if he continues to diligently practice more skills in competition.

Pham Ngan